NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version)

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NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Tri-State version)
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Promotion NWA Tri-State
Date established1970s
Date retiredOctober, 1981
Statistics
First champion Bill Watts
Final championDon Fargo
Most reignsBill Watts (3 reigns)

The Tri-State version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a secondary championship that was defended sporadically and periodically in the NWA Tri-State promotion. [1] Created in 1970, the title was used in specialty matches in which the combatants would wear brass knuckles. Throughout the history of the championship, it was activated for brief periods of time to spark interest in crowds. Usually, the novelty of the brass knuckles matches wore off and promoter Leroy McGuirk would abandon the title for a period of time and then begin using it again. This took place off and on until the Tri-State promotion closed in early 1982. There were other brass knuckles championships used in the NWA, such as in Texas and Florida, where the titles were more prominent and defended on a regular basis.

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Title history

WrestlerReignsDateLocationNotes
Bill Watts 11970UnknownN/A
Sputnik Monroe11971
Dusty Rhodes 1April 25, 1971Shreveport, LA
Bill Watts 2August 23, 1971Shreveport, LA
The Stomper 1March 6, 1972Tulsa OklahomaN/A
Bob Sweetan 1June 12, 1972Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rip Tyler1May 6, 1974 Shreveport, Louisiana N/A
Bob Sweetan2October 1974UnknownN/A
Dick Murdoch 1October 6 1975Tulsa OklahomaN/A
Killer Karl Kox 1October 13 1975Tulsa OklahomaN/A
Bob Sweetan 3Oct 1976
Killer Karl Kox 2October 26 1976Shreveport LA
Bob Sweetan 4October 1976
Ken Patera 1November 9, 1976Shreveport LAN/A
Bobby Jaggers1December 2, 1976 Little Rock, Arkansas N/A
Thunderbolt Patterson 1April 1, 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana Defeats Stan Hansen for the vacant title
Stan Hansen 1April 1978
Paul Orndorff 1April 25, 1978Shreveport LA
Ron Bass 1November 1978
Killer Karl Kox 3December 1978
Ron Bass 2December 25, 1978New Orleans, LouisianaDefeats Killer Karl Kox for the vacant title
Mike Sharpe 1March 12, 1979Tulsa OklahomaN/A
Angelo Mosca 1July 9, 1979 Tulsa, Oklahoma N/A
Bill Watts31979UnknownN/A
Don Fargo1October, 1981UnknownVacates the title at an unknown date and the promotion closes in 1982

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